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This is one of those that’s a favorite of a lot of people (or so I’m told) but that I’ve never really liked much. Bathroom humor always feels cheap and forced to me. On these early strips I was drawing at a smaller size and using paper and pens that were quite a bit different [...]
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Sep 7, 16 | 697 – No Fun Being Ignored |
Nov 27, 13 | 552 – Is Jerry Really Such a Bad Guy? |
Jan 30, 17 | 730 – Broken Sam |
Mar 24, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 6 “Beaten to the Punch” |
After I did the first 10 SuperFogeys strips on my blog at MySpace, I decided to try to find a place to get the strip hosted and see if I could produce something like it on a regular basis. When the SuperFogeys did find a host site (pre-Th3rd World) I decided to start the strip [...]
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Nov 11, 06 | 39 – Jerry Arrives Late |
Oct 3, 06 | 11 – The Power Dampener |
Sep 9, 15 | 680 – Thrice Evil is Not Pleased |
Jan 21, 07 | 81 – Jerry Denied! |
Oct 7, 19 | 801 – The Next Best Thing |
This is the first strip where I’m really demonstrating the perverseness of Dr. Rocket, an aspect of his personality that would come to define him later. It’s hard writing a perverse character in what is essentially an all-ages strip, but I think this strip is a good example of how it can be done. It’s [...]
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Jul 6, 12 | Pg. 4 “The Very, Very Long Battle” |
Oct 22, 14 | 530 – The Long Arm of the Universe |
Jan 10, 18 | 753 – What She’d Like to Know |
Aug 28, 19 | 795 – The Duality of All Creatures |
Jun 29, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 6 “Being Friendly” |
I knew I wanted Dr. Rocket’s monologue to be about how he got Spy Gal unconscious, but I wanted his means of accomplishing that to be something humorous, brief and unique. I thought he might drug her, but just any ol’ drug wouldn’t do. It had to be something exotic. Boom: Space Pig Urine. It [...]
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Jun 28, 22 | 901 – Vanished |
Sep 16, 10 | 276 – “Sweetie” |
Jul 29, 08 | 149 – Santa Rocket |
Jun 23, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 19 “Did You Save Him?” |
Aug 31, 16 | 695 – The Mighty Money Man |
There are essentially two ways to do a comic strip (as I see it): with or without a continuing story. The intro of Spy Gal is when I realized that I just wasn’t capable of doing one-off jokes. I ALWAYS have a story to tell. Spy Gal was originally supposed to be a character named [...]
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Mar 5, 14 | 577 – Who are the Two Queens? |
Sep 14, 16 | 699 – How Captain Spectacular Takes Care of Business |
Nov 14, 11 | 362 – Robots Don’t Sleep |
Jul 27, 15 | 661 – Jerry is the Portalmaker |
Oct 31, 11 | 359 – Warmed Up |
For Spy Gal’s intro, I wanted to push the boundaries of good taste a little. Is it right to make light of the dementia that all-too-often takes over the minds of older people? …Depends on how you do it. Turns out Spy Gal was faking, but it’s a theme I plan on revisting. Why Turnip? [...]
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Apr 9, 07 | 138 – Good News and Bad News |
Oct 15, 20 | 847 – Macho Verve and Vigor |
Sep 28, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 4 |
Aug 18, 14 | 618 – Thanks to Money Man |
Oct 7, 10 | 279 – Gina Galloway |
It still pains me to look at the art in a lot of these early strips. Where the crud are the frickin’ wheelchairs? The only answer I have is that I was lazy and was trying to draw as little as possible. I really saw the strips as more of an exercise in pacing and [...]
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Feb 26, 20 | 834 – Percy Makes a Choice |
Oct 1, 15 | Chapter 21 Teaser! |
May 7, 18 | 784 – What is Jerry Missing? |
his is the second of the additions I made to the original 10 black and white strips I did to kick off the SuperFogeys. Originally, episode 8 went into what is now episode 10 without this minor stopover to make explicit what was once subtle. She’s Spy Gal. Spy Gal is a spy. Duh. It [...]
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Aug 26, 19 | 794 – 3,000 Miles Away |
Oct 21, 06 | 27 – Spy Gal’s Explanation |
Sep 16, 11 | Pg. 2 “The Fallen Rabbit” |
Jan 26, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 3 “Explosive Ending” |
Mar 3, 14 | 576 – Torture Chamber 3B |
This is one of my favorites. I think it really brings home the idea that these guys are old. We don’t know how Mr. Crook died, but he was in a nursing home and that’s what people tend to do there so we don’t even wonder what the cause was. Maybe that’s a story I’ll [...]
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Jun 15, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 4 “Pantsless” |
Oct 31, 11 | 359 – Warmed Up |
Nov 9, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 11 “One Life Ends…” |
Nov 19, 20 | 857 – Knocked Off the Perch |
Nov 25, 08 | 182 – Someone Steps Forward (Bubbles of Light 3) |
I had written myself into a bit of a corner. I had Spy Gal come to Valhalla, but she didn’t really need to be there. Somehow, I had to make her stay. Enter the Orderly (later named Gene) and the Power Dampener. Visually, Spy Gal would never be the same after this strip and I [...]
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Jan 29, 14 | 567 – The Day Spa |
Nov 8, 06 | 36 – Valhalla Stinks! |
Apr 16, 09 | 204 – Florida Beckons |
Aug 3, 11 | 339 – Love |
Aug 29, 10 | SF Origins: Operation: Valhalla, No. 6 “Spy Gal Arrives” |
This is one of my absolute favorites. I think it’s one of the funniest last panels I’ve ever come up with. So, of course, only about half the people who read it actually get it. This one gets knocked down by a lot of people for not standing too well on its own. I suppose [...]
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May 16, 11 | 316 – Dr. Rocket’s Space Journey, Pt. 5: The Last Place Anyone Would Think to Look |
Aug 6, 09 | 219 – Bubbles of Light 5 |
Nov 8, 17 | 745 – The Song of Rocket’s Loyalty |
Apr 11, 11 | 306 – He Looks Like He’s Dying |
Jul 15, 08 | 145 – Wrinkly Butt |
Time between the creation of SuperFogeys 12 and 13: 2 months. This is the first strip that really sets the tone for what the SuperFogeys would be. The art is finally coming into its own, resulting in a strip that I’m really proud of. I love the subtle pacing of the camera zoom. It’s a [...]
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Oct 14, 10 | 280 – Twin Sisters |
Apr 21, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 10 “The Lodge of Doom” |
Mar 16, 12 | Pg. 4 “An Unexpected Cellmate” |
Feb 9, 21 | 872 – Zurida Down |
First of all: yes, they’re watching Jeopardy. The real point of this strip was to show Jerry’s concern for Spy Gal and Captain Spectacular’s utter lack of it. I wrapped that point in a Jeopardy joke recycled from Groundhog Day because I figured I’d better do this joke now and early in order to get [...]
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Jun 10, 11 | Pg. 9 “College Years” |
Nov 26, 14 | 640 – Jerry Must Come Back |
May 21, 09 | 209 – Coming to Jesus |
Jul 31, 15 | 663 – Pandora’s Box |
Jan 13, 07 | 68 – Jerry’s Computer Troubles |
What’s sadder than a guy who can run really fast that’s stuck behind a walker? The answer is nothing, my friends, nothing. That’s what makes Swifty so much fun–we all know exactly why he’s so bitter and grumpy and you just can’t blame the guy. For Swifty’s design, I couldn’t make him look too much [...]
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May 5, 08 | 102 – WebSpace Page: Swifty |
Sep 9, 10 | 275 – A Moment of Silence |
Jul 22, 08 | 147 – Three Plus Seven |
Jul 23, 18 | Pg. 8 “Better When She Was a Villain” |
Feb 22, 12 | 389 – The Invisible Pain |
This is one of those strips I really, really struggled with. I knew the last thing I wanted was for Dr. Rocket to successfully take advantage of Spy Gal. I mean, this just isn’t that kind of strip. The simplest solution would have been to have Jerry or Captain Spectacular bust through the wall and [...]
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May 6, 10 | 255 – Parental Duty |
Nov 26, 14 | 640 – Jerry Must Come Back |
Aug 30, 22 | 919 – The More Things Change… |
Jul 11, 11 | 332 – Captain Spectacular’s Buds |
Oct 7, 19 | 801 – The Next Best Thing |
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Dec 28, 11 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy! |
May 19, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 14 “Save Him, Dirtlicker” |
Aug 6, 18 | Swifty Origin, Pg. 10 “The Heart” |
Sep 28, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 4 |
Oct 18, 06 | 25 – Pee On Swifty |
This one is just ugly. None of the characters look right, though I do love how the idea of Spy Gal kissing Dr. Rocket just rolls off Captain Spectacular. The man just does not care. Plus: sexy shoulder blades.
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Mar 6, 07 | 108 – Spy Gal Will Protect Jerry |
Oct 5, 12 | Pg. 7 “The Babymaker” |
Oct 22, 20 | 849 – Break a Hip |
Dec 16, 08 | 188 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 5 “In The Dark” |
Jun 22, 11 | 327 – The Buddy System |
Although I didn’t realize it at the time, this was a step in the right artistic direction for the SuperFogeys. The changing camera views were necesitated by the storyline and made for a much stronger reading experience. There’s a little easter egg in this one with the picture of the girl on the wall in [...]
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Oct 7, 19 | 801 – The Next Best Thing |
Mar 25, 13 | 491 – Proof |
Oct 14, 10 | 280 – Twin Sisters |
Oct 7, 10 | 279 – Gina Galloway |
Oct 20, 06 | 26 – How Jerry Met Spy Gal |
I love this strip. I think this is the one where you get the best sense of the relationship between Captain Spectacular and Jerry. The first panel alone–I think if the entire strip were just that panel, I’d be happy. I don’t think anyone else laughs at that first panel (That’s not where the joke [...]
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May 3, 09 | 206 – The Valhalla Basement Dungeon |
Jan 22, 14 | 565 – Suckface |
May 7, 12 | 409 – Walkin’ Blues |
Nov 9, 06 | 37 – Is Dr. Klein a Sexy Beast? |
Oct 3, 06 | 11 – The Power Dampener |
Me: Hey, I’ve got a great idea. Me: What’s that? Me: You know how we could get a lot of strips done quickly? Me: How? Me: We could just cut/paste all the best bits from previous strips and add only minor alterations! Me: Genius. Future Me: I beg to differ.
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May 22, 13 | 506 – Disappearing Act |
Oct 10, 11 | 353 – SHWABOOM!! |
Feb 9, 10 | SF Origins: The Six Wives of Captain Spectacular, Pg. 5 “Michelle Masters” |
Jul 25, 14 | Pg. 4 “Daddy’s Little Girl Packs a Punch” |
Apr 18, 11 | 308 – Time Displaced/Erased/No Taste |
My lazy self strikes again. As for the story here, this strip was important to me because I had a very real fear at the time that it was going to be perceived that I had a hatred towards women. Dumb, right? I mean, Dr. Rocket is a character, he doesn’t speak for me, but [...]
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Nov 28, 16 | 714 – Pathetic Counterpart |
Sep 15, 09 | SF Origins: Herman’s Story, Pg. 3 “The 80s” |
Aug 24, 11 | 345 – Taking a Pill |
Apr 2, 09 | 202 – He Started Stuttering |
Mar 4, 10 | 246 – Righteous Kill |
This is the strip that finally broke me. I enjoy the dialogue here a lot, but the art is the (seemingly) umpteenth strip made out of spare parts. This is when I realized things had to change.
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Mar 4, 10 | 246 – Righteous Kill |
Jun 22, 11 | 327 – The Buddy System |
Sep 5, 11 | 348 – The Wheel of Fortune |
Mar 31, 07 | 130 – When Pigs Fly |
Nov 27, 17 | 750 – The Big Slap |
I do believe this strip marks the first close-up I’d ever done in the Superfogeys. I began looking for ways to change the camera around and push the framing into the storytelling more. It was just one panel, but it was a start.
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Jul 27, 12 | Pg. 5 “Long Night of the Monsters” |
Mar 8, 11 | Pg. 6 “Area is Secure” |
Mar 29, 07 | 128 – Only Two People in the World… |
Feb 8, 12 | 385 – Tiger Dung |
Dec 3, 14 | 642 – A Star Falls |
I love this little experiment. It’s two jokes, one the main plot and one a jokey subplot, that don’t work so well on their own but that compliment each other, I think, pretty well. Jerry’s frustration here is my own. Sleep, it seems, will always be denied me. I had no idea the Space Pig [...]
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Jun 10, 13 | 511 – Zurida’s Plan |
May 3, 09 | 206 – The Valhalla Basement Dungeon |
Mar 9, 10 | SF Origins: Swifty and the Prophecy, Pg. 1 “Nice Moves” |
Aug 17, 10 | SF Origins: Baby Swifty’s First Words, Pg. 1 “Back to Start” |
Apr 25, 12 | 406 – Spy Gal’s Wall of Evidence |
Double-sized strips are always fun, but I’m not sure this is the best use of it. The flashback certainly was fun to do. The idea here should be clear: Jerry is Captain Spectacular’s sidekick. This is all set-up and revelation. You should be getting the idea by now that Chapter 1 is really Jerry’s story.
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Mar 18, 13 | 489 – Change in Plan |
Sep 3, 18 | Pg. 14 “Fire and Light and Rain” |
Mar 23, 12 | Pg. 5 “Where Are The Unicef Upstarts?” |
Dec 2, 11 | Pg. 3 “Enter The Space Pig” |
Jan 29, 09 | 193 – The Origin of Captain Spectacular and Dr. Rocket, Pt. 10 “Escape” |
This is the episode that almost never was. My original plan was to go from strip 26 to the last strip of Chapter 1–what is now strip 28. However, I realized fairly late in the game that I hadn’t really done anything to set up WHY CS and Spy Gal would get back together. I [...]
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Oct 26, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 9 “What Is Strength?” |
Mar 19, 07 | 118 – Spy Gal vs. Star Maiden |
Feb 1, 11 | Pg. 1 “Who You Callin’ Cow?” |
Dec 3, 12 | 463 – May Percy Have a Pet? |
Jul 23, 12 | 429 – Shenanigans |
The last strip of Chapter One is one that I had planned for a long, long time. Once I decided to do the SuperFogeys for real, I quickly came up with a grand plan. This plan extends far, far beyond this chapter, though this ending is the first touchstone in that plan. If you ever [...]
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Jan 23, 17 | 728 – Oh, Brucie… |
Jan 3, 11 | Guest Strip by Javier Del Villar, Part One |
Aug 30, 22 | 919 – The More Things Change… |
Feb 3, 20 | 829 – Too. Far. |
May 21, 09 | 209 – Coming to Jesus |
This first strip in chapter 2 is all about setting up the game and introducing Dr. Klein, an obviously important figure at Valhalla. When I started the SuperFogeys, I always had it in the back of my mind that I would need to create a “man-in-charge” at some point. Dr. Klein, with his german name [...]
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Jun 3, 09 | The SuperFogeys Free Comic Book Day Page! |
Oct 17, 11 | 355 – Bubbles of Light 6 |
Apr 20, 11 | 309 – Time Travelin’ Scamps |
Jan 13, 11 | 291 – Ear Cancer |
Aug 28, 08 | 158 – Bubbles of Light 2 |
I love Spy Gal. It’s probably the adolescent schoolboy in me, but I have a lot of fun teasing her and putting her in some horrible situations. It’s always fun to see what she’ll do. Gene is the stand-in for my fifteen-year-old self. And, in case you can’t make it out, the book Spy Gal [...]
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Oct 2, 13 | 540 – Jerry is Committed |
Oct 13, 06 | 20 – Worse Than He Thought |
Sep 9, 19 | 798 – A Dark Past, A Questionable Present |
Dec 10, 12 | 465 – Lip Lick |
Feb 15, 12 | 387 – A Hot Shower |
One of the better-paced strips I’ve done (or so I’ve been told) and a solid, economical reintroduction to three of the main characters.
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Aug 28, 13 | 530 – Jerry’s Greatest Hits |
May 22, 13 | 506 – Disappearing Act |
Jun 29, 12 | Pg. 3 “Sounds Like Monsters” |
Oct 23, 17 | 740 – Boop |
Aug 14, 19 | 791 – The Secret Origin of The Atomic Fly! |
Some people thought Dr. Klein’s look in the third panel coupled with his German name mean that Dr. Klein is evil. I won’t comment on the prejudices of my readership, but I will say that I did not have that in mind when I drew it. I was just experimenting with what I could do [...]
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Ugh. This is my failed experiment. Like Strip 25, I had two ideas for a strip and tried to make them into one. As drawn, panel 3 preceded panel 2, but at the last minute I got the idea to integrate them more. It didn’t work. Not helping matters is the last panel. For the [...]
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Jan 11, 17 | 725 – Slaughter Many, Many More |
Mar 19, 09 | 200 – Where is He!? |
Sep 18, 16 | 700 – Happy Tenth Anniversary, SuperFogeys |
May 19, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 14 “Save Him, Dirtlicker” |
May 26, 15 | What You’ve Been Waiting to Know… |
Like Spy Gal in Chapter 1, I had spent two strips building up the arrival of the Healer. I wanted his entrance to be important and surprising. Originally, the Healer was going to be an old man in a cloak. Much more like Dr. Strange or something like that. After being comfortable with that for [...]
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Mar 5, 14 | 577 – Who are the Two Queens? |
Mar 19, 14 | 581 – Gorgeous Guy Has Feelings |
Dec 30, 09 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, Part Two |
Jan 25, 07 | 83 – The Seduction of Dr. Klein |
Jul 28, 14 | 613 – President Reed |
The SuperFogeys are so stiff and immobile, it was fun to cut loose a little on a character like the Healer. I made it double-sized because I wanted the figures to breathe a little and see what I could do with a character who is real expressive. There’s some good lines in this one (Dr. [...]
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Mar 17, 11 | 300 – Stage Four |
Jun 22, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 5 “How People Look at You” |
Apr 9, 07 | 138 – Good News and Bad News |
May 14, 09 | 208 – Grab the Tush |
More Healer nonsense. You can see how my camera is really changing up now. I’ve left behind almost completely the cut/paste of the previous chapter, something I was real glad to do. The Space Pig is always fun to bring back. There’s no way to explain him and his function every time out, so I [...]
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Mar 16, 07 | 115 – Star Maiden Flattens Dr. Rocket |
Dec 2, 06 | 52 – What Captain Spectacular Wants |
Nov 4, 06 | 32 – Bingo Night Begins |
Mar 25, 10 | 249 – How to Prove Your Love |
Dec 24, 09 | Guest Strip by Rufus Edge of “Comicdeoxyribonucleicacid!” No. 2! |
I hate the first panel of this one. CS and Spy Gal just don’t look right and I don’t know what I was thinking. The entire point of this strip was to establish that Spy Gal is attracted to Dr. Klein. I don’t do anything more with it for the whole of Chapter 2, but [...]
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Apr 30, 12 | 407 – Spy Days Are Over |
Sep 18, 13 | 536 – Zurida and Her Subjects |
Sep 12, 16 | 698 – Good Thing or Bad Thing? |
May 12, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 13 “What Are You Doing Here!?” |
May 18, 12 | Pg. 2 “Not Ready or Able” |
This is a strip I’m really proud of. It’s very much a side-trip from the main story, but I think it’s poignant in a way that SuperFogeys hasn’t been up until now. While writing the SuperFogeys, I often have to ask myself, “What will it be like when I’m old?” I guess this is one [...]
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Apr 8, 13 | 495 – A Willing Prisoner |
Sep 12, 16 | 698 – Good Thing or Bad Thing? |
Sep 28, 11 | Chapter 5, “The Redemption of Dr. Rocket” Recap by Geoff Munn |
Jul 17, 08 | 146 – Cad and a Layabout |
Sep 27, 11 | Chapter 4, “Dictator Tot’s Revenge” Recap by Jeremy Bentley |
Jerry was late to the party because I needed to remind the audience of his feelings for Spy Gal. I’m sure there was a better way to do that. Not a favorite of mine.
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Mar 16, 07 | 115 – Star Maiden Flattens Dr. Rocket |
Sep 10, 09 | 224 – The Race |
Aug 28, 10 | SF Origins: Operation: Valhalla, No. 5 “A Spot of Drool” |
Dec 17, 12 | 467 – Spy Gal Kicks Butt |
Mar 16, 12 | Pg. 4 “An Unexpected Cellmate” |
I knew the back half of this chapter would be light on the Swifty, so I wanted to make sure his last time in the spotlight was a memorable one. Everyone seems to have a different favorite Swifty ailment, but the one I like the best (and the first one I wrote) is the one [...]
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Aug 15, 12 | 436 – Bigger in Person |
Sep 7, 12 | Pg. 5 “Who Squished?” |
Jul 22, 08 | 147 – Three Plus Seven |
Oct 21, 19 | 805 – Across the Mountaintop |
Apr 8, 10 | 251 – One-On-One |
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Jan 5, 10 | Guest Strip by Joe Cook of “Shattered Myth!” |
Apr 1, 10 | 250 – To Be So Stupid |
Dec 6, 06 | 55 – A Mysterious Figure in the Wings |
Mar 23, 07 | 122 – Who Will Jerry Fight? |
Aug 27, 12 | 439 – So IMPOLITE! |
Yeah, I did a Viagra joke. You almost have to, given the subject matter. I think I did it in the best possible way. It was important to me to have the Healer is so disapproving and grossed out. I think that’s how we all felt the first time we saw Bob Dole talking about [...]
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Mar 19, 14 | 581 – Gorgeous Guy Has Feelings |
Nov 11, 11 | Pg. 7 “Nipped” |
Jan 12, 07 | 67 – Dr. Rocket Draws a Webcomic? |
Apr 23, 09 | 205 – Here is What I Propose |
I had been looking for an excuse to do a single-panel strip for a long time and this conclusion of the Healer’s interviews with all the SuperFogeys was a good excuse for it. Originally, the dialogue on this one was vastly different. It was a back and forth between the Healer and the Captain; none [...]
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44 – Beginning the Tale of How Captain Spectacular was Paralyzed
by Brock Heasley on November 16th, 2006This is one of those connecting strips that I didn’t know I needed until I did. Strip 45 was always a story I was going to tell, but before I got to that story I realized that I had nothing leading into it. What would be Dr. Rocket’s final scheme? Why, bunnies of course. Why [...]
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Aug 5, 15 | 665 – All Out of Coffee and Goats |
Nov 9, 16 | 712 – Ah-ah-ah |
Mar 18, 10 | 248 – The Difference Between Justice and Revenge |
Aug 11, 14 | Marc Lapierre and The SuperFogeys |
Jul 23, 12 | 429 – Shenanigans |
45 – The Tale of How Captain Spectacular was Paralyzed, Conclusion
by Brock Heasley on November 17th, 2006See the bunny? I liked the idea that Dr. Rocket kept one bunny for himself. Of course it begs the question…what happened to the bunny? That answer is coming in Chapter 6. This strip took a little longer than your average strip. In the end, I think I probably pumped a little too much detail [...]
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Mar 13, 11 | 299 – Why The Hospital |
Dec 30, 13 | Guest Strip by Crystal Murphy, 2 |
Jan 2, 12 | 374 – A Spy Gal Shaped Hole |
Jun 22, 11 | 327 – The Buddy System |
Dec 3, 20 | 859 – Snakes on a Swifty |
Another “ugh” strip for me. I have a real problem with drawing too big for the panel. I truly need to zoom the camera out more. The Healer declaring the Captain the winner without checking the score should come across as a bit strange. He’s just being too nice. It’s the first hint there might [...]
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Oct 21, 10 | 281 – Expected |
Nov 9, 16 | 712 – Ah-ah-ah |
Jan 16, 17 | 726 – Harrison Ford Finger of Doom |
Mar 18, 07 | 117 – Dementia |
Nov 20, 13 | 550 – Everything in its Right Place |
I absolutely love this strip. This is a case of art elevating the script. On paper, this one didn’t seem like it would be much. If anything, I felt like I was trying to do too much. However…I think it works. Bingo Knight was a character name given to me by a reader of my [...]
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Jan 15, 14 | 563 – Wreckage |
Nov 20, 06 | 48 – “Old Marm?” |
Nov 5, 06 | 33 – Why Walk When You Can Fly? |
May 7, 08 | 74 – WebSpace Page: The Healer |
Jun 1, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 2 “Fallen Villain” |
Bingo Knight’s design came from the idea that he is essentially a super accountant. I mean, a super hero who settles Bingo scores? How could he be anything BUT an accountant? Once I knew that, all I had to do was put a dorky guy in a Knight costume and the idea sold itself.
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Sep 30, 08 | 167 – Captain Spectacular’s Shame |
Jan 16, 17 | 726 – Harrison Ford Finger of Doom |
Sep 28, 12 | GUEST STRIP by Crystal Murphy, Summer Fun Pt. 4 |
May 12, 09 | SF Origins: The Society of Heroes, Pg. 13 “What Are You Doing Here!?” |
Sep 5, 14 | Pg. 9 – Like Other Men |
I don’t know how much this strip actually adds to the plot, but it makes me laugh and sometimes that’s enough. A genuinely well-drawn Spy Gal in this strip, I think. She’s a tough one to draw just right and I always have a hard time with her hair.
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Feb 22, 12 | 389 – The Invisible Pain |
Feb 5, 14 | 569 – Don’t Call Him a Communist When You’ve Been One For a Year |
Mar 11, 07 | 110 – Spanking |
Jun 17, 08 | 139 – Jerry’s Fate Revealed |
Oct 26, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal, Pg. 9 “What Is Strength?” |
I tried and tried to not make this one a double-sized. I had just done one and I didn’t want to take the time to do another one, but there just wasn’t any other way to make it work. Too many characters all interacting with each other. It has been said that this is one [...]
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Jan 28, 10 | 241 – He’s Gone |
Jul 11, 14 | Pg. 2 “The Devil in the Dark” |
Aug 10, 12 | Pg. 1 “Baby Hands” |
Feb 17, 14 | 572 – The New War Room |
Dec 12, 11 | 370 – Ugly Little Man |
This is the one that was lifted almost entirely from the rejected version of strip 43. That’s how a lot of strips get written. I may write lots and lots of possible dialogue for any given strip and if something isn’t right for the idea, but the dialogue is good anyway, I’ll save it and [...]
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Nov 10, 06 | 38 – The Good Ol’ Days |
Aug 27, 12 | 439 – So IMPOLITE! |
Nov 18, 11 | Pg. 1 “The Usher” |
Dec 5, 12 | 464 – Cuffed |
This is one I was really excited about doing. The art in the SuperFogeys represents a style that I invented just for this strip. I work in a lot of different styles at my 9-to-5 and in my freelance work, so it was fun to show off one of those styles in this strip. Plus, [...]
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Aug 8, 12 | 434 – Marching Orders |
Oct 5, 11 | Chapter 10, “Bubbles of Light” Recap by Danny Burleson |
Oct 31, 16 | 709 – Gina Galloway to the Rescue |
Jul 10, 15 | 654 – An Honest Conversation |
Apr 8, 11 | Cover |
By the time I got to this strip I’d really tossed away any notion I had of keeping the same structure of four panels for each strip. This is another of those ideas I had from almost the very beginning of Chapter 2. It’s so weird seeing the Captain standing. I don’t know that I’ll [...]
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Dec 1, 06 | 51 – Can Hair Eat? |
Dec 9, 06 | 58 – Jerry’s Single Chest Hair |
Sep 23, 06 | 2 – Introducing Jerry! |
Sep 8, 09 | SF Origins: Herman’s Story, Pg. 2 “The Happiest Year” |
I love Gene. He’s such a jerk and yet, I think, you feel sorry for him. I don’t really know why. Maybe it’s just me. I broke my rule of having Spy Gal being tough enough to defend herself because I couldn’t pass up the joke. I hope no one minded.
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Jan 9, 12 | 376 – Beaten But Not Broken |
Nov 29, 17 | 751 – Who Do You Think Paid for All This? |
Oct 17, 12 | 450 – Neither One of Them Expected It |
Nov 26, 14 | 640 – Jerry Must Come Back |
Jul 27, 10 | SF Origins: Spy Gal’s Secret Mission, Pg. 2 “Down” |
Talk about left field, huh? All I’ll say here is that I do know who the Healer is talking to and it is a hint at something greater and we WILL find out who it is. There are more questions to be asked about this one, but I’ll let you figure out what they are.
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Mar 25, 13 | 491 – Proof |
Jan 21, 10 | 240 – ZAP! |
Nov 18, 06 | 46 – The Winner of Bingo Night…? |
Dec 2, 06 | 52 – What Captain Spectacular Wants |
Jul 3, 13 | 518 – The Last Secret |
I’m color-blind (mildly so, but still…), but the SuperFogeys are a one man show so you all have to put up with my puke palette. However, it’s always nice when a strip looks pretty like I think this one does. The entire point of this strip is to justify the next one…
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Jun 8, 10 | SF Origins: The Life and Times of Soviet Sam, Pg. 3 “Valhalla” |
Aug 12, 10 | 270 – Freakin’ Huge |
Sep 30, 08 | 167 – Captain Spectacular’s Shame |
Oct 10, 12 | 448 – Thinking Like a Hero |
May 20, 11 | Pg. 6 “Invisible” |
…just as the entire point of Chapter 2 was to justify this one joke. See, I wrote this one as one of the first 10 strips back in the first weeks of the creation of the SuperFogeys. I quickly realized that I couldn’t use it because, uh, hello? Captain Spectacular can’t walk. Thus, Chapter 2 [...]
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May 1, 08 | 101 – WebSpace Page: Captain Spectacular |
Apr 22, 10 | 253 – Destiny Screwed Over |
May 3, 08 | 86 – WebSpace Page: Jerry |
Jul 13, 11 | 333 – A Word with Her Fiancee |
Apr 28, 14 | 590 – Will He Fight? |
This is an important call back to the end of Chapter 1. I had to keep Jerry’s unrequited love alive somehow and it seems particularly harsh that it’s now Spy Gal herself who is diminishing him. Jerry’s just fun to mess with.
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Sep 27, 11 | Chapter 4, “Dictator Tot’s Revenge” Recap by Jeremy Bentley |
Dec 23, 11 | Pg. 6 “Battle in the Skies” |
Aug 26, 19 | 794 – 3,000 Miles Away |
Dec 14, 16 | 719 – It’s Easy When You Know How |
Jul 1, 08 | 143 – Ogle |
And that’s it, folks! Captain Spectacular’s dialogue here with Dr. Klein offers real insight into his character. CS has retired from not only the hero business, but also from life. Even though this seems like a return to the status quo, the Captain will remain healed and able to walk. Might make things interesting later [...]
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Jul 11, 12 | 428 – You Know Who You Sound Like? |
Aug 14, 19 | 791 – The Secret Origin of The Atomic Fly! |
Jan 15, 07 | 70 – Gene and Dictator Tot Reunite |
May 6, 13 | 501 – New Age Nitwit |
Oct 24, 12 | 452 – Book of Mormon Story |
Titling a chapter is a source of great stress for me. I’m not very good at it and I put it off until I absolutely have to come up with something. That said, “The Techno Shuffle” very much fits what this chapter is going to be all about. Originally, this chapter opened on two characters [...]
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Jan 3, 07 | 62 – Conditions of Release |
May 20, 10 | 257 – Blood on the Carpet |
Jan 2, 07 | 61 – Dictator Tot in Hel |
Dec 10, 06 | 59 – Will Captain Spectacular Stay or Will He Go? |
Jan 16, 17 | 726 – Harrison Ford Finger of Doom |